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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462572303321

Autore

Morledge Roy

Titolo

Building procurement [[electronic resource] /] / Roy Morledge, Adrian Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013

ISBN

1-299-15927-3

9781118493700

1-118-49370-2

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 327 p.) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

SmithAdrian <1945->

Disciplina

658.15/242

Soggetti

Construction industry - Great Britain

Construction industry - United States

Construction industry - China

Industrial procurement - Great Britain

Industrial procurement - United States

Industrial procurement - China

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Procurement strategy : a literature review -- Principles of strategic procurement -- Public sector projects -- Project initiation -- Briefing and the design process -- Procurement strategies and procurement routes -- Project team selection -- Managing the procurement process -- The value of design -- Risk -- Partnering culture and the management of relationships -- Privately financed public sector projects -- Construction procurement: europe, the middle east and china -- Procurement of work to heritage buildings -- Summary.

Sommario/riassunto

As an industrial process, construction is unique in that the method of procurement of any built asset (building, infrastructure or process plant) defines many of the subsequent management processes that take place during the building phase - a very different situation to the purchase of goods and services in most other industries. The procurement process is therefore central to the success of any



construction project and many of the problems which impact construction projects can be traced back to the procurement phase, so a good understanding of the methods of procurement and the influence